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Caiello solved #101 and showed many interesting lines about it.The author of this puzzle is I.Shiffmann . And after such a big horse-hunting , i think we need something more light - a puzzle again from A.Troizky :

 

 

 

 

white to play and win

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Suppose, you are playing white : 

How this game will end ?

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White wins!
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                                             Black king can escape:

1.e8Q is interesting and white can play 1.Kf5 also with interesting lines.
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                                              White should win
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                                               Black has such a possibility:

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white should still win in that position

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You are absolutely right . But let's change position a bit and suppose black just checked from ' b4 ' - can white win ?

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                                          2.Bc6 doesn't work :

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                                        There is direct check  4...Qf5+:

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That took me a while. I smacked my head when I saw the solution though. 

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Cool to Elona and  Cool to Caiello !

Does anybody else see the solution ?

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Caiello worked hard on this puzzle and i think , he has the right to post full solution , when decides to.

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OOoooh very nice, didnt recognise that pattern coming up. Whenever i try to create something like that, even if it "works", i cant get it to fully work as theres easily a better solution